The elephant looked jaded, old, and uncared for. He walked towards us and, like most elephants; he looked to be a gentle giant as he glided ever so gracefully along the concrete road. A small Thai man walked right beside him with a long wooden stick that was...
Remember the experience of landing in Southeast Asia for the first time? Stepping off the plane was like lifting a veil from your eyes that you never knew you were even wearing. Well, that's how it felt for us anyway the first time we landed in Bangkok. The colours...
2015 was a pretty epic year for us with our online business endeavours. If you're a subscriber to our blog, then you'll have been receiving our monthly income & expenditure reports where we detail how and where we spend our money as we travel the world. First of...
With lots of beaches to choose from in Phuket, it can be difficult to know which one to base yourself in. On our recent visit down south, we spent some time in Rawai, as it's the one place in Phuket that we hadn't really got to explore before. As with most places in...
Back in 2013 on one of our previous trips to Thailand, we headed to the luscious island of Koh Phi Phi off the coast of Phuket. It was here that we came across a mantis insect in full battle with a cat. The scene did draw a lot of attention from tourists and even the...
With our trip to India looming closer and closer, two weeks ago we decided to take action in respect to getting our visas sorted. At that time we still had about 7 weeks or so left in Thailand, but after reading the hassles that other travellers had with getting a...
***Video montage of the festival is at the bottom of this post - Jump to view here!*** If you arrive in Thailand during the second week of April without doing your homework on the various different Thailand festivals, you will be in for a BIG shock! You check...
When we arrived in Thailand back on March 2nd we already had our destination pre-planned. Chiang Mai was in our sights once again as a base for a few months to relax after our 7-month trip around South America last year. This city has definitely captured our attention...
It’s no secret that both Florence and I absolutely love Thai food. Renowned all over the world, Thai cuisine is famous for it’s mouth watering spiciness, variety of ingredients and gentle medicinal properties. We don’t particularly care about any associated medicinal...
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